U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

International Labor Comparisons

Country at a Glance

Sweden

Sweden, selected international labor statistics, 2009–11
Indicator	Unit	Report	Time Series	2009	2010	2011
Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing
Hourly compensation costs	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	40.92	43.49	49.12
Hourly pay for time worked	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	23.09	24.59	27.82
Hourly directly paid benefits	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	4.25	4.53	5.13
Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	13.58	14.36	16.18
Productivity and unit labor costs in manufacturing
Productivity (output per hour)	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	121.2	143.8	148.7
Output	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	100.9	120.9	128.3
Hours worked	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	83.3	84.0	86.3
Unit labor costs in U.S. dollars	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	135.6	118.8	131.3
Labor market
Unemployment rate - Total	Percent of civilian labor force	HTM	XLS	8.3	8.3	7.5
Unemployment rate - Youth (under 25)	Percent of civilian labor force	HTM	XLS	24.9	25.0	22.7
Unemployment rate - Men	Percent of civilian labor force	HTM	XLS	8.6	8.5	7.5
Unemployment rate - Women	Percent of civilian labor force	HTM	XLS	7.9	8.2	7.4
Employment-population ratio - Total	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM	XLS	59.5	59.5	60.3
Employment-population ratio - Men	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM	XLS	63.0	63.5	64.0
Employment-population ratio - Women	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM	XLS	55.9	55.6	56.6
Labor force participation rate - Total	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM	XLS	64.8	64.9	65.1
Labor force participation rate - Men	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM	XLS	69.0	69.4	69.2
Labor force participation rate - Women	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM	XLS	60.7	60.6	61.1
Women's share of the labor force	Percent of civilian labor force	HTM	XLS	47.4	47.2	47.4
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
GDP per capita	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	38,057	40,071	41,316
GDP per hour	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	49.37	50.80	51.61
GDP per employed person	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	79,432	83,454	84,816
Prices
Consumer Price Index (CPI)	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	-0.5	1.2	3.0
Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	1.9	1.9	1.4
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of International Labor Comparisons.

Last Modified Date: December 21, 2012